(7) No less than. 就像,不次于。
Technology is no less important than market.
(技术和市场同样重要。)
(8) 否定代词+more than (else than, other than) 。 than是介词, 只不过……而已。
This is no other than myself.
(这人就是我。)
3.差逊 (inferiority)
(1) inferior to. 比……差,逊于……
She in to some degree inferior to him in literary.
(她比他在文学上稍逊风骚。)
(2) less than.. 少于,不到
It rains less in Jinan than in Hangzhou.
(济南的降雨比杭州少。)
(3)“差逊”中的形容词或副词可以转换成反义词,再按“超越”的路子来翻译,这在翻译中叫做“词义的转换”。(conversion of acceptation)
The sky started to grow lighter and the shadow in the little town less dark..
(天色渐渐发白,小镇里的阴影处也慢慢亮了起来。)
二、递增或递减( comparison of progressive and retrogressive degree)
1.最……最……。最高级……最高级。
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
(犯错最少的将军就是最好的将军。)
The cheapest is always the dearest.
(最便宜的东西往往是最贵的)
The sweetest grapes hang highest.
(最甜的葡萄长在最高的地方。)
2.From+原级+to+比较级。越……越……。
From bad to worse.(越来越糟)
3. as well as. 不仅……, 也……。(强调在前)
She can speak Japanese as well as English.
(她不仅能说英语,还能说日语)